Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Pleasure

• I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end (purpose) of life. The end of life is not to be happy. The end of life is not to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. The end of life is to do the will of God, come what may.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Wisdom, Pain

• We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our investments. This tells why American helicopters are being used against guerrillas in Colombia and Peru. Increasingly the role our nation has taken is the role of those who refuse to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investment.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Giving Up, Taken, America

• The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Pain, May, Life Is

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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